Wolf Adventure

"Thou'st eaten, comrade; bloody are thy fangs,
While we around here suffer hunger's pangs.

"The howling tempest 'blows, while far and near,
The land Hes waste; the winter is severe.

"No trace can we espy of man or beast;

Come! tell us quickly, now; where was the feast?"

A pack of hungry wolves thus seek to learn,
Where one — their fellow — did his prey discern.

Without delay, the wolf that hath fared well
Proceeds the following narrative to tell-

"A shepherd and his wife a hut maintain,
Which I sought out, down there in yonder plain.

"Behind their hut, I knew there was a fold;
Hearing the sheep bleat, I to sup made bold.

"To this abode last night did softly hie

Two stealthy wanderers — one young man and I.

"He had a sweet tooth for the shepherd's wife.
I, for the sheep, was bound to risk my life.

"The lover sneaked around; T could not sup
On mutton, so, instead. I ate him up!"